Turns out Taylor Swift’s upcoming album release, “The Tortured Poets Department,” could have a more personal meaning than usual. Genealogy company Ancestry found that the mega pop star is related to famed American poet Emily Dickinson, TODAY first reported. They are sixth cousins, three times removed.
According to Ancestry, Swift and Dickinson are both descendants of Jonathan Gillette, a 17th century immigrant and early settler of Windsor, Connecticut. Gillette is Swift's ninth great-grandfather and Dickinson's sixth great-grandfather.
